Mittai Club

Welcome to the Mittai Club! We share poetry, fiction, analyses, blog posts, and more, all united by South Asian themes.

A Conversation with For The Girls

A Conversation with For The Girls

In a world where the music industry often prioritizes profit over people, For The Girls Creative Collective is working to create something different. By Somya Mandal

A Conversation with Zayira Ray

A Conversation with Zayira Ray

In her grandmother’s living room in India, a hand-painted backdrop stood propped against the wall. The lighting wasn’t perfect, just a small lamp and whatever filtered in. But it’s one of the photographs Zayira Ray would relive “over and over and over.” By Somya Mandal

A Conversation with NaturoSynth

A Conversation with NaturoSynth

NaturoSynth isn’t just a band experimenting with sound. They represent something bigger: South Asian creatives building alternative music on their own terms. By Somya Mandal

Founder Interview | Junk Flower Films

Founder Interview | Junk Flower Films

Meet the founders of Junk Flower Films production company from NYC, Rose Knopper and Keya Saxena. 

A place to call home

A place to call home

This poem delves into the British-South Asian experience as a 1st Generation child of immigrants living in Britain. It explores the idea of migrating countries and the consequences of doing so in a white, western society. By Laraib Waheed

Embracing Culture

Embracing Culture

A personal statement and reflection on the Sikh turban. By Hema Mangat 

Let’s talk brown girl validation…

Let’s talk brown girl validation…

Being a brown girl who was born and raised in England has its own set of challenges which I am certain brown girls across the globe face. It's a bitter-sweet experience to live life from a perspective of being proud of your culture and heritage whilst simultaneously it being the reason you question normalcy. This piece touches on a large scale of issues we face as women, more significantly as desi women. May we continue to inspire all women around us because we are great!

The Great Indian Dinner

The Great Indian Dinner

Reflections on awkward dinners with immigrant parents. By Shreya Paul

I yearn, I yearn

I yearn, I yearn

I wrote this poem to formulate my feelings into words, I struggled for years to understand what it was I wanted. I know this is a common feeling we feel when we are younger and so impressionable, trying so hard to fit in. By M. Khela

Wandering minds, healing hands

Wandering minds, healing hands

A piece questioning how the perceptions of womanhood may have shifted with time, explored through the paradigms of an ancestor. By Noyonikaa Gupta
Maas

Maas

Unconditional Love in an unrequitted society: The tale of an Indian Woman, unlearning notions of self-sacrifice. By Kriti Manuja

The Anatomy of the Sea People

The Anatomy of the Sea People

The Anatomy of the Sea People explores the ways in which land shapes its people through the connectivity of the Konkan coast and its inheritors. By Pria Gokhale

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